White-on-white silence is my simple interpretation of a dynamic I’ve observed when engaging with some well-intentioned white folks who consider themselves card-carrying “allies” for people of color.
While Oct. 5, 2016 was officially declared FC Cincinnati Day, the footnotes of the record will show it was also the day city council rejected a resolution adopting Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Pushback from San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit during the national anthem exposes a much larger issue: the deeply unquestioning attitude many in our country have when it comes to our country’s militarization.
I am troubled and frankly bitter at the newfound compassion extended to disproportionately white drug users, because this sympathy has so long evaded people of color.
Christina Brown, a locally based activist working for racial equity and social justice, discusses police brutality in the wake of the recent shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.